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CIHM 
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Series 
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ICIVIH 

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microfiches 
(monographies) 


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de  la  nertetA  de  l'exemplaire  fi!m4.  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  ie 
filmage. 


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other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


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shell  contain  the  symbol  — ^  (meaning   "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
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right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
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method: 


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par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
derniire  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration.  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  filmAs  en  commenpant  par  la 
premiAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  derniire  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
derniAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  se  on  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — ^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 

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filmis  i  des  taux  de  reduction  diff^rents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  etre 
reproduit  en  un  seui  cliche,  il  est  filmd  A  partir 
de  Tangle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite. 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n^cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mdthode. 


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FLOWl.RS  OF  THK  WIND 


FLOWERS     OF 
THE     WIND 


BY 


G.  MURRAY  ATKIN 


MITCHKLL     KENNERI.KY 
NEW  YORK  MCMXIX 


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POTPOURRI 

THK   \V1IHK   HIRDS  OF   ENNUI 

IHh  srK!N(;  WIND 
;  Al  TUMN 
^  HKYONO 

i  I'l.ACK  VKiKR     (Canadian  MafMtnt) 
<  DEAD  1. EAVES 
■   IHY  FRIEND 


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CONTEXJ'S 

THF   KMFTV  NKST     (Canadian  Magatinf) 

TO  IT  PASSE 

SHADOWS 

n.  NK  FAUT  PAS  PENSER 

MKMORIES 

THE  GREY  WOLF 

LOVE  THROUGH  THE  RAIN 

LES  AMES  PEPDUES 

THE  LOVE  OF  YOUTH 

LOST  DREAMS 

LOST  GODS 

WILD  WINGS 

THE  FLYING  GALLEONS 

FAREWELL 

SILHOUETTES 

PEPPINA 

FLEUR  DE  LYS 

AT  THE  CAFE  DUVAL 

FLOWERS 

THE  GARDEN  OF  LILIES 

POPPIES 

EDELWEISS     (University  Maf^atinr) 

MOONGLOW 


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PERSONALIA 


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TlflLICIIT 

Kiirr   falls  around   u>; 

Above  the  pale  moon,  clad   in  cloudy  draperies, 
Drifts  and  moves.     The  sounds  of  day  have  cc;ised. 
Draw  close  to  me 
And  let  us  sit  tof^ether  nuietly 
jii-t   I    and   thee. 

The'  tu  ilit:lit  stirs  one 

Stran^elx.      I'aint   hopes   that  dare   not  show   themselves 

h\    day 
I'.imr^e    then.     .\nd    moods  oft    feared,    return. 
(  ii\c  me  your  hand. 

I, iff  leads  through  lonels   ua>s,  hut  I  have  all 
Since  1   have  thee. 

Lo\e  holds  tliee  lightly, 

But  fate  has  not  a  jireater  prize  in  all  her  store 

'I\)  ;iive  man.  than  this  understandin<j. 

Perfect,  complete. 

To  he  close  friends  wIkj  see  as  with  one  eye, 

Speak  with  one  tonj^ue. 

Why  are  you  restless? 

.-\nd  I  have  not  begun  to  tell  .\ou  all  that  love 

Would  make  me.     How  I  might  touch  the  sky, 

.And  still  the  wind, 

.And  do  tine  things  in  the  world,  my  spirit 

.Made  strong  through  yours. 

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W^siiJ^iiS'iia: 


lO 


Tit  1  LIGHT 


Hut  VO.J  vv.,uld  uithh„Id 
Vour  soul  aloof.      Well  haw  no  J.  ..r 
'^ol.tude.     And  to  /ire  ,nv  spfr.t 
"y  the  flame  of 

Yours,  was  but  my  dream,  de.4      Fo 
And  I  am  I. 


Each 


preserves  his 


r  you  are  \-< 


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0\  THE  TERRACE 

'T*HE   nij,'ht   is   fine.     And    vdu    are   here   with   ine. 

The  many  stars  how  bright  they  shine. 
The  wind  blows  a  caress.     And  yet  to-nij^ht  I  feel 
Happiness   tar. 

The   warm   wind   blows,     'ihe  sleepy  world   is  still. 
And  you  and  I  tojjether  stand 

Upon   the  quiet  leaves.     And   vaguely   feel   the  joy 
We  hardly  know. 

I  he  far,  dark  moth  of  wi>hed-for  happiness, 
Muttcrinj;,  unseen,  forever, 

Heyond  our  human  reach.     Leaving  us  still  longing, 
Here  in  the  dark. 

"i  outh  has  no  doubts,  conquers  in  ignorance. 

In  ignorance  she  breasts  the  hill 

And  takes  the  lonely  height.     To  lay  her  life  at  last 

Upon  the  grass. 

But  age  has  doubts.     She  knows  the  wasting  m(xjn, 

The  careless  world.     And  guards  her  love 

Lest  it  should  ache  in  vain.     And  will  not  breathe  her 

heart 
Upon  the  wind. 

'ies.  I  fear  age—  Your  scarf,  dear,  for  the  wind, 
1  or  age,  1   think,  can  boast  no  stars. 
Come.     We  will  go  within.     .And  shelter  by  the  fire, 
Hi'huid  closed  dtKjrs. 


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SONGS 


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—B^i^gmmmmmmmm 


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CHAXSOS  DK  LA  HE 


TN    the  still   old    .ijrt-   of   life, 

With  its  f\en  mnnotonr, 
With   its  trt'cdoni   from  all  strife, 
Drt-am   wt-   alone. 


Lindfiis  iiru"  thr  avenue, 
Footsteps  sound   there  and  echo. 
Vanished   footsteps  that  we  knew 
Once  lonj^  ajro. 

See   the  fires  burning  low. 
Idle  lies  the  wrinkled  hand. 
Much  that  >ve  had  longed  to  know. 
We  understand. 

In  the  even  of  the  heart, 
Quiet  to  the  young  we  seem. 
We  have  played  the  active  part, 
Now  we  may  dream. 


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THE  MOONLIGHT  SONG 

S  ^^^"^    "T'o'iIiKlit.  char  and  white 

Clc«ely  the  H„rld  is  enfoldmK 
Slender  trees  sway  in  the  breeze. 
Kustlmg  and   muttering, 
QuiverinK,  Huttering. 

Wind  K„es  by.   lull  and  sigh 
Stirring  the  leaves  of  the  laurel  trees 
Weal  or  w<^,  which  d,>es  it  blow 
Through  the  night,  on  the  breeze 
ihrough  the  leaves  of  the  trees' 


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.1  SOSG  OF  Ul  E 

T    0\K,    said    the    little    yirl. 

Life,  said  he. 
Above   the  surm-    ;irid   swirl, 
Sail  with   me. 

Come  where  the  mscs  j^row. 
Laiijih    when    tlie    wild    winds   blow. 
(  )  I  let  us  conn-  ami   ;;o, 
Kndles.sly. 

(jone  is  the   little  glr\. 
(jone  is  he. 

(lone   i>  the  c^e^ted  swirl, 
Calm    the   sea. 
Sleep  springs  at  end  of  day. 
Rest  lurks  f(jr  ^rave  and  f^ay. 
There  comes  to  each,  they  say, 
Death  set  free. 


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//  SOSa  Of    DKATIi 

'T'lIK  moanmn   wind  drives  on   the  drifting;  ^tuiw 

AnotluT  soul  is  sutniiKtnrd  liciu'c  t«»  tro, 
Id  Ic.'ivc  till-  tilings  tint  lie  had  i.(»iiu'  to  know. 

Life  w.is  Ills  l(,\c,  with  Ion;:  hours  to  bf  f,\M\ 

\\v  li\fil   in  thcin.     The  world  was  wtiat  he  had. 

Tliis  world,  witli  all  its  trca-iircs  ^ood  and  had. 

Hf  hears   no  more  the  waves  hreak  on   the  sands. 

lie  feels  no  more  the  clasp  of  jovinj;  hands. 

No  more,  for  him,  the  flowers  of  earth  ■.  fair  i.inds. 

The  snou  drifts  on  across  the  wintry  sky. 
Another  >oul  has  Ii\ed,  hut  now  must  die. 
And  nc)W  his  sword  ha>-  tailcn — let  it  lie. 


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Tin:  SONG  or  ruh  r.issi<)\  i  i.onER 


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T    ()\K  is  the  mi>t  that  H«>;its  nwr  thr  sfu. 

Lite  IN  the  wimi  tliat  will  blnvv   it  to  inc. 
( )  when,  or  wlicri'  * 
What  do  1  cart-' 
I,ci\f  is  the  S4ing  tliat  I  >in^j. 

Sunn  birds  of  lovf  on  tin-  .jrffn  iraty  bouKh. 
Sinir  to  thr  flower',  that  are  blossoming  now. 
I.ove  cinne^  apace. 
Sniih's  in  my  face. 
Heaven    is   fallen   by   me. 

Passion's  a  flame  tliat  is  sprung  from  the  sun, 

Wearing   the  heart  that  the  conciuest  be  won. 

Hunger  and   thirst, 

Human  accursed. 

That  is  the  spell  th..t  I  cast. 

Quilt   and   white  creeps  the  moon  o'er  the  sky. 

Feed  it  and  fan  it,  or  passion  will  die. 

Love  blown  away, 

Passion  may  stay, 

Sad  bv  the  thnjb  ot  the  sea. 


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.^'ir^ST. 


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THE  BALLAD  OF  THE  BARGE 


A17HKN  ><)U  hear  the  creaking  timber  and  the  strain- 
in;:  of  the  barf:c, 
When    'ihf   mate   has  cut   her  nnxtrings  and  she's  off  at 

l^•n^th   at   lar^e, 
Then  the   ballad  ot    her  nio'.inj:  and   the  burden  of  her 

sonfi, 
Break  and  fail  upon  the  ijuiet  a-  ^he  moves  and  strains 
alonjj;. 

She  has  blown  her  siren  ulii-tle.     Hauled  the  anchor  that 

she  cast. 
She  has  finished  n<)\v  with  loading,  with  her  trip  to  make 

at  last, 
But  the  son^i  Iier  beams  are  -inpin^  as  she  rides  upon  the 

stream. 
Is  a  soni:  that  lias  a  burden  like  a  ballad  in  a  dream. 

"I'is  the  burden  ot  a  billow    that  the  wind  lia,  lashed  to 

foam, 
But  the  barbie  was  built  for  ijuiet  and  from  quiet  dare 

not   roam. 
She  is  made  for  iiuiet  waters  and  to  venture  is  not  free, 
But  ahidden  with   her  hawsers  is  a  lon^inp  for  the  sea. 

She  has  blown  her  siren  whistle,  drawn  the  anchor  that 

she  cast. 
She  has  finished  now  witli  li'adln^'  with  her  trip  to  make 

at  last. 

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THE  BALLAD  i)l   THE  BARGE  21 

n-       4tit   the  soil}:  her  beams  ar-    creaking   as  she  glides  so 

quietly, 
at       ik  a  ballad  with  a  burden  and  a  longing  for  the  sea. 


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POTPOURRI 


THE  irniTE  BIRDS  OF  ENNUI 

r\  V'KR  tlie  edge  of  the  dawn, 

Under  the  palms  from  the  sea, 
Sad  by  fatality  drawn, 
Come  the  white  birds  of  ennui. 

See  them  in  plumage  of  white. 
Strut  on  the  green  of  the  sward, 
'i'hey  who  have  left  all  delight, 
Bringing  their  weary  award. 

See.  the  birds  of  lost  pleasure, 
Dull  with  the  chill  from  the  sea, 
Wander  heavy  with  leisure, 
And  colorless  with  ennui. 


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THE  SPRING  HIND 

"\17'HA'r  doe?,  the  wind  say, 

As  it  blows  above  the  town, 
Damp  with   the   rain  of  April 
Drivinp  over  the  down. 
Free,  neath  the  open  sky. 
Tlie  hij^h  blue  skv  (»f  heavni. 
What  does  the  wind  say  on  its  way? 

"Life,"  calls  the  sprinn  wind. 
"Come  forth.     Old  winter  is  dead. 
And  the  summer  suns  are  loosed." 
Then  up  from  earth's  brown  bed 
Smiled   the  hidmp   flowers 
Glad  to  the  spring  and  the  call 
Of  the  blowinji  wind,  soft  and  kind. 


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AUTUMN 

/^UR  leaves  are  faded. 

And  our  little  day  has  died. 
And  far  away  the  -.unimer  dawn  >o  fair. 
The  sun  is  shaded 
And  the  birch  leaves  dried 
Are  falling  in  the  frosty  autumn  air. 

The  grain  is  drying. 

And  our  harvest  day  is  done. 

And  the  young  lite  is  going  from  the  old. 

The  birds  are  Hying 

Following  the  sun, 

But  the  birch  trees  are  tremulous  and  cold. 


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BEYOSD 

IS  there  laughter  <i\(r  the  hilltop? 

"()  "i'es,"  said  the  sa^re.     "Heyond. 
Where   the   light   dips  down    from   heaven 
Are  the  days  oi   happiness  f(»und. 
Beyond  are  the  purple  mountains. 
And  many  there  are  who  seek 
The  happiness  ahove  the  clouds, 
Past  the  hill  witli  the  purple  peak." 


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PLACE  yiGER 

/^NE  momiriK,  watching  from  my  room, 

I  saw  the  dawn 
Quicken  the  shadows  in  the  gloom 
And  show  the  idlers  in   the  square, 
The  night  had  sheltered,  sleeping  there. 

The  tulips  shook  their  scarlet  head? 

Across  the  lawn, 

That  from  their  painted,  wooden  beds 

In  such  a  lonely,  hopeless  way, 

These  sleeping  men  should  greet  the  day. 


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DE.1D  LEAi'ES 

C  'I'A^'.     Thoui^h  yri-y  of  the  branch  i>  showin:;, 

And  bnnvn  leivcs  tall  and  turn  in  the  air, 
Pausi-  with  a  tliought  and  stay  your  t:oinu, 
Have  a  care. 

Lon^  the  way  and  it  lias  no  turnin<:. 

Brown  leaves  will   lie  where  the  brown   leaves  fail, 

Faithful  the  heart  to  early  yeariun;;, 

After  all. 

Linger  then  though  the  t^rey  ^;row  diininer, 
And  dead  leaves  float  on  a  rising  stream, 
Linger  on  to  the  last  rare  glimmer 
Of  love's  dream. 


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THY  IKIF.SD 

A    ^()LL  spake:     "Thr  sun  has  lost  its  fc\fr, 
Ami  there  is  (me  between  me  and  the  winiJ.' 
And  it  a>ked,  "Can  t^li^  be  U)vc  tliat  tempers 
'10  mv  lite  the  extremes  of  joy  and  pain?" 
And  one  answered:     "L<>,   I  will  he  with  thee 
While  our  two  li\es  last,     ^'et  call  me  not  love, 
For  I  ask  nothinj:.     Call  me,  but — thy  friend." 


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THE  EMPTY  NEST 

/^VER  thr  way.  on  the  branches  bare, 

Swa>ini4  and  swin^inK.  a  nest  is  there, 
Built  in  the  spring, 
By  birds  that  sing. 
O  empty  nest  in  the  autumn  air. 
Where  are  the  builders,  that  built  so  fair? 

They  have  sung  their  song  and  flown  away. 

The  notes  were  sweet,  yet  they  might  not  stay. 

Over  so  s(X)n, 

Their  honeymoon. 

Swaying  and  swinging  the  nest  is  there, 

That  sheltered  a   p.ixsing  bridal   pair. 


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TOUT  P.1SSE 

COME  day,  when  the  crr«t  of  li^r  we  have  passrd  by 

And  \\r  have  breasted  the  IiikIi  hill  of  fame, 
J(iy  will  be  ours. 

'Iluis  spak-  my  sou! ;  and  then  love  came 
And  both  her  hands  were  full  of  Howers. 
Hut   I — I  heeded  n(»t  her  si^h : 

Saw  not  her  parted  lips,  but  went  forth  and  on 

To  win  the  world  and  come  t<j  her  a^ain. 

At  last  one  dawn 

1  tame,  with  riches  in  my  train. 

The  street  was  silent  and  the  blinds  were  drawn, 

.And  my  youn^  Inve  had  gone — had  gone. 


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SILIDOirS 

\\7'}1KRK  are  tin-  fairy  footprints 

That  (latKTcl  upon  the  lawn. 
When  vinitli  had  tilled  her  wine  cup 
And  life  was  at  the  dawn  .■* 

The  stars  jieered  throujzh  the  pine  tree; 
The  elves  tripped  from  the  wood, 
The  ^ohlins  led  the  fairies 
In  a  wild,  merry  mood. 

Seen  from  the  nursery  window. 
Madly   they  danced  till  dawn. 
Where  are  the   fairy   footprints 
That  danced  upon  the  law  n  .■' 


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IL  NK  J'.!  IT  P.IS  PKSSER 

IF   the  fire 

Of  \()ur  |i)\f 
Should   ^mw  iuld, 
And  the  world, 
Once  so  yoiinjx, 
Should  seem  old. 

II  ne  taut  pa>  penser. 

If  the  clouds 
Hide  the  moon's 
Silver   beams: 
Or  a  shade 
Creep  like  death 
On  your  dream, 

II  ne  taut  pas  penser. 

If  the  stars 
Have  gone  black 
To  your  eyes, 
And  your  heart 
Soon  may  break, 
You  surmise, 

II  ne  faut  pas  penser. 


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MEMORIES 

IT  was  only  a  cloud  that  the  wind  had  blown 

Acr(»ss  the  summer  «ky. 
And  yet  because  of  a  love  once  known, 
Of  a  fleeting  joy  that  is  lonj^  since  flown, 
It  Uxiked  like  an  angel's  wing  on  high 
Trailing  so  light  on  the  grey,  blue  sky. 

It  was  only  the  perfume  of  wet  pine  trees 
Moist  with  the  dripping  rain. 
But  it  waked  in  my  heart  old  ecstasies 
As  it  came  to  me  on  a  northern  breeze, 
Thrilling  anew  some  forgotten  strain. 
Some  wonder  chord  of  a  lost  refrain. 

O  the  shimmering  webs  of  a  far-off  mist 
Blown  to  the  open  sea. 

Why  do  they  bring  hac^    a  night  mo<;n  kissed: 
The  love  we  had  and  the  life  we  missed ; 
Dusk  and  the  night  wind  will  take  from  me 
The  clouds  that  drift  and  tell  of  thee. 


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THE  GREY  kyOLF 

J    SAW  a   little   attic   rwnn, 

Papered   and   clean  and   bare, 
Where  hope  so  gaily  sewed  in  ghxim, 
Talcing  no   thought,   no  care. 
That  all  the  time  outside  the  door 
An  old  grey  wolf  sat  there. 

I  saw  hope's  lover  hasten  home 
To  rest  at  eventide. 
And  far — in  fancy — did  they  roam, 
Because  their  dream  was  wide. 

The>'  did  not  heed  that  by  the  door, 
'I'he   grey   wolf   sat   outside. 

O  you,   who  struggle  with   life  to-day, 
With  the  wolf  outside  your  door, 
Take  hope  in  your  heart  and  be  glad  and  gay, 
For  where  the  wolf  is.  he  may  always  stay, 
Just  outside  as  before. 


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LOVE  THROUGH   THE  RAIN 

i^  LICK.     Like  a  biitteriiy  on  tlie  clover, 

Will-o'-the-wisp  tf>  tlie  dark  frnin   the  day, 
Brush  of  a  wing  and  then  it  is  over 
And  gone.     Away. 

Soft.     So  is  love  with  her  swet-t  mouth  smiling, 
Haunting  your  dreamint^  the  restless  nii;ht  through, 
Leaving  your  heart  with  all  her  beguiling. 
Heavy  in  you. 

Gone.     As  a  dream  goes  before  your  knowing, 
With  a  poignant  rapture  akin   to  pain. 
Cnmc  in   the  wind,  with  the  wind's  swift  going, 
Love  through  the  rain. 


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LES  AMES  PERDU ES 

'JpHE   world    was  mine,"   the   Saviour  said, 

"All  that  thou  scest  here  was  mine, 
And  yet  I  had  no  restinp  place, 
Or  where  to  lay  my  head. 

"I  made  and  held  the  stars  on  hiph, 
The  sun  and  moon  have  worshipped  me, 
Yet  I,  God  of  horizons  far, 
Came  down  to  earth  to  die. 

"And  you  who  live  on  earth  a  day. 
Mortal  born  like  wind  and  flowers. 
Spend  here  your  one  hour  seeking 
What  I  have  waved  away." 


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THE  LOVE  or  YOUTH 

Y^^TH  set  a  flower  in  a  golden  bowl, 

For  its  petals  to  bloom  and  open  w  ide, 
But  like  spirit  d(H>med,  or  a  liungr\'  soul, 
It   faded   and   drooped    until   it  died. 
Then  youth  wept.     And  the  bowl  grew  old  with  years. 
And  the  golden  bowl  brimmed  o'er  with  tears. 
When  up  from  the  tears  grew  a  flower  r^-d, 
"I  am  love,"  it  said.     "And  I  am  not  dead. 
Wherever  it  is  that  I   find  a  need, 
I  grow  and  I  grow,  like  a  wild,  wild  weed." 
And  age  smiled.     And  her  heart  grew  young  again, 
For  tl-e  joy  that  was  ctHnL*  from  her  old  dull  pain. 


¥> 


LOST  DREAMS 

^n\  dreams  of  youth,  companions  who  start  with  u> 
on  h'fe's  way, 

Grow    weary   with    its    roiighners.    one   by   one   they   fall 
away, 

And  the  frail  conip;.ny  faJr^  and  is  fewer  and  less  Ray. 
Life  bears  us  on  its  mighty  current  to  the  highest  peak 
K(,r  us.      But   uhen   ue  pass,   and  cross  the  Rubicon  to 
seek 

Above  the  \ale  of  earth,  heaven's  meaning:  then  we  may 
see 

Revealed  within  the  warp  and  woof  of  ,>ur  wrought  tap- 
estry, 

The  hidden  secret  of  it^  finished  fair  emblazonrie. 
<:<iunt  it  not  lost— your  early  dream— the  dream  of  Iax^ 

The   love  withheld.     The  solace  that  you   needed  weal 
or  w(K'. 

Life    ends    not    here.      Beyond.     When    you    have    burst 
your  prison  bars 

And  stand  at  last  upon  the  threshold,  tremblin-   near  the 
stars, 

l^he  dream  of  long  ago,  you  may  regain,  m^i  .urta'  soul 
fashioned  fair.     Made  perfect.     Risen  to  be  your  aure- 
ole. 


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LOST  GODS 

I  TOOK  my  pods  and  hid  them  safe  away, 

That  by  the  world  thr.   mi^ht  untarnished  be 
And  then  the  resthil  ni^ht  I  spent  as  day. 
Wasting  my   wayward   moments   fruitlessly. 
Love,   with   youth    and    laughter   and    I    t<K,k   them 
Joyously  with  them  /illed  my  golden  day. 
Apples  on  the  tree  of  life.  I  sh(K)k  them  ' 
Until  the  blossoms  fell  and  bilked  my  way. 

Then  kn.nving  the  grey  branches  grown  too  bare, 

I  o  my  safe  gods,  I  will  return,"  I  said, 
"To  spend  in  peace  the  years  that  follow  on, 
Grey  age  immutable."     Back  then  I  sped, 
Retraced  .  y  way  and  heard  a  voice  somewhere 
Jo  say,  "O  soul,  thy  gods  are  long  since  gone." 


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IffLD  fnxcs 

^^INC'E   we  must   part,    k-t   not  tlu-  v,U>om  of  sadness 

Dim  OUT  last  hour  with  lonflmt-ss,  or  despair, 
Lft  mnnory  recall  a  ray  of  ^I'ldncss 
lit  our  trembling  lip>  and  courage  keep  it  there. 

Since  love  must  die,  let  us  not  cloud  its  glow-ing 
With  presiiges  no  fair  future  it  may  know, 
Rather  enhance  his  melancholy  goinji 
With  forfiotten  riches  that  he  once  could  show. 

Wild  winjrs  beat  slow,  but  when  they  turn  a-hominK, 

Strong'  souls  will  ever  love  the  unventured  sky, 

Wild  hearts  will  stray  and  find  their  love  through  roara- 

In  the  night  wind  pausing  ere  they  .=ay  Good-bye. 


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/■///•:  J  LYLXG  (7.//././O.V.V 

J  LA^'  upon  till-  earth  and  saw 
I  Uv  Wyinii  K.illnins  in  the  sLy. 
I   lav  and  (Jrcainc.i  that  in  si,wv  >hip 
S.iiicil   \()ii   and    I, 

Wrapped  in   the  eluuds.  fhe  passin-  i-l.,ijd.-.. 
'ihat   dritti-d    h> . 

1  Ik  V    were  the  iiiist>.  the  rising  mists, 
'ihat   hut  s(i  hitely  fell  as  rain. 
Drawn   upwards   troni   the  earth   hack   to 
(  Kid's  house  aj^ain. 
]   saw    the  sun  enlold  and  lure 
I  hem  in  his  train. 

And  then  a  veil  o'erspread  the  sky 
To  hide  all   timid  souls  Irorri  si^ht: 
Reluctant  ones,   who  venture  forth, 
liut  dread   their  flight. 
I  saw  the  net  that  draws  the  dead 
Into  tile  ni^ht. 


And  as  in  sleep  at  ni;zht   I   dream 
1  he  {galleon  clouds  are  drifting  by. 
I    know  ahove  our  little   life 
'ihat  you  and   I 

Some  day  will   rise  heu^nd  '.urvKcs 
Hiy;h  as  the  sky. 

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FARh.n  r.LL 

0^\f<'-:  tluT  u,-II.     The  day  is  here  at  last. 
Ihatrach  m..sf  j-„  his  way.  alore.  apart. 

Our  iutlr  tal.-„t  h.vr  .s  t,.ld  and  past. 

Af'    ^'..       Ih,-   ^^^t,•rday    that   bound   niv   heart 

I  o  yours  ,s  ^one.     I.,p.s  u.ll  not  wann  at  u.Il. 

We  do  hut  j.,urn(T  to  another  place 

T"  live  atrain.     Our  dream   gcn^  with    us  still. 

hach  hears  m  memory   the  other's  face 

All  this  I  kn.m-  And  yet  there  lie.  a  chill 

l''.'t  u,ll  not  lift,  or  rise  from  off  my  soul. 


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SILHOUETTES 


PEPPIXA 

pEPPINA  wears  a  dress  of  Kold  tonight. 

Above  the  rising  smoke  of  cigarette, 
Biyond  the  flicker  of  the  pale  footlight, 
I  see  Peppina  poise  and  pirofctte. 

Powdered  and  rouged,  with  cherr>-  lips  divine, 
Dancing  in  quite  the  maddest,  wildest  way, 
Hut    neath  her  eyes  there  lies  a  wear>-  line! 
And  I— I  know  Peppina  is  not  gay. 

Ah!  dance,  Peppina,  poise  and  pirouette 
And  please  and  captivate  the  watching  throng, 
i  hat  in  their  admiraticxi  you  forget 
A  life  like  yoursr— may  never  last  too  long. 


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FLEUR  DE  LYS 

gOMETIMES  between  the  darkness  and  the  dawn, 

There  shines  one  pale,   reluctant,   silver  star, 
Until  by  vanished  moonlight  it  is  drawn 
To  follow  where  the  other  planets  are. 

Sometimes  acrass  the  sleep  of  poppies  red 
A  gentle  presence  comes  and  goes  near  me. 
And  on  my  life  a  luminance  is  shed, 
A  softness  from  the  soul  of  Fleur  de  Lys. 

For  I'leur  de  Lys  is  more  than  women  are. 
Her  feet  in  Lotus  leaves  she  stands  and  cicems 
To  linger  near  us  like  the  morning  star 
And   bring   us   peace   and   tenderness  and   dreams. 

O  in  night's  fields  the  fitful  poppies  fiame, 
And  through  their  sleep  a  softness  comes  to  me. 
When  the  west  wind  is  whispering  her  name, 
The  sweet  and  gentle  name  of  Fleur  de  Lys. 


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AT  THE  CUE  nurAL 

J'l'  was  long  ajio  on  the  boulevard 

In  a  cafe  called    Duval. 
I  hat  you  held  your  court,  where  the  tables  are 
In  the  middle,  upper  salle. 

O  Marie  Louise  you  had  gold  for  hair. 
With  the  blue  of  heaven  for  eyes, 
And  a  row  of  pearls  for  teeth,  my  dear. 
And   the  world  to  make  you  wise. 

For  y(.urs  was  the  beauty  of  earth.  Marie, 
"Vour   courtiers   were   commercants. 
There  was  old  Bessier  and  young  Pellagie, 
And  then  there  was  Dudevant. 

The  tide  Howed  by  on  the  gay  boulevard 
And  paused  and  cnt  red  and  then — 

Your  courtiers  became  as  ail  courtiers  are 

A  rabble  of  hungry  men. 

Anc*   ;onie  of  them  called  you  a  good  waitress, 
Or  a  rose  from  Normandie, 
And  some  of  them  called  you  Imperatrice, 
But  one  there  called  you   Marie. 

The  tide  Hows  by  on  the  gay  boulevard, 
But  no  one  there  now  can  tell, 

Where  Marie  Louise  and  ht    courtiers  are 

The  waitress  who  loved  too  well. 

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FLOiVERS 


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i^^-iMiMil 


f^i^4^«:Ii!4/ 


THE  GARDEN  OF  LILIES 

OEYOND  the  realm  of  our  clear  consciousness, 

There  is  a  dimmer  parden  of  the  soul, 
Where   lilies   lean   upon   the  balustrade 
And  on  the  marble  steps  red  roses  roll. 

In  its  enclosure  where  great  silence  is, 

When  echo  dies  beyond  the  distant  sky, 

And  wavering  sound  will  faint  and  enter  not — 

Wan  souls  emerge  and  dream  and  then  pass  by. 


In  the  dim  garden  of  the  infinite, 
Shy  souls  hold  commune  in  the  misty  night, 
But  at  the  dawn  of  day  to  commonplace, 
Back  to  their  human  form  take  instant  flight. 

The  lilies  lean  upon  the  marble  stair. 
There  is  no  wind  to  stir  the  quiet  sky. 
And  there  the  souls  of  women  young  and  fair 
Emerge  and  drift  and  dream  and  then  pass  by. 


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POPPIES 

/^  H  !  sniiK'  want  rosemary 

And  (<tlRrs  call  for  rue, 
And  the  wise  ask  pansies 
With  their  gentle  thoughts,  too; 

But  give  me  a  poppy 
And  a  deep  peaceful  sleep, 
When  the       art  stops  aching 
And  the  eyes  cannot  w  eep. 


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EDEUVEISS 

pIELDS  of  the  farthest  north, 

VVIiere  the  winter  flowers  grow, 
Where  the  hope  of  summer  lies 
Under  the  sparkling  snow. 

Gone  is  the  waving  grain, 
Huried  the  rose  hush  low; 
L(»st   till   it  hlooins  again. 
When   the  summer  blossoms  blow. 

Fields  of  the  fartliest  north, 
Hearts  that  are  old  with  woe, 
Open  to  love  again. 
Whether  it  stay  or  go. 


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MOONGLOfV 

T   FOl'ND  younp  love  in  a  moondritt 

Where  the  bank>  of  the  ninht  lie  low. 
And  the  leafy  p:lth^  of  the  forest  .ire 
Hathed  in  a  shining'  g\o\\- 

I  said,  "Kre  shadows  take  you, 
Or  the  overblown  roses  fall, 

0  loosen  thy  bonds  and  away  with  me, 
Come  to  my  need  and  call." 

1  dreamed  my  love  went  with  me 
Through  the  shade  of  the  night's  dark  air, 

But   the  tilow    of   the  moondrift   was  lost  then 
In  the  fall  of  her  hair. 


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